People v. Ninehouse

Defendant was convicted of unlawfully transporting and having in his possession one pint of whisky and prosecutes review on exceptions before sentence. Defendant owned and operated a taxicab in the city of Muskegon and the night of June 21, 1923, responded to a call for taxicab service, carried a man and a woman to where the man wanted to go, and when the man got out, the woman paid defend ant $5 to take her for a ride in the country. While on the ride he claims she produced a bottle of “moonshine whisky,” invited him to have a drink and, he being willing, she passed the bottle and he took a…